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Monday, July 27, 2015

The Heathens Rage

The Heathens Rage
By Ron and Nathele Graham

“For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are
in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions,
or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for
him: and he is before all things, and by him all things consist”
(Colossians 1:16-17).

The “him” in this verse refers to Jesus. He
created all things and he holds all things together. Anyone who thinks
they are better off without God is foolish. If God were to let go of His
hold on creation, everything would cease to exist, instantaneously. It
is foolish for men to reject God, yet so many people deny He exists. Not
only do they deny Him, but they also live in opposition to Him. They
rage against Him.

In order to oppose God, a person must admit God
exists. There is a big difference between knowing God exists (head
knowledge) and faithfully trusting Him with your eternity (heart
knowledge). Non-Christians know God exists, but they believe His laws to
be a burdensome stone with too many restrictions. They don’t like His
“rules” and believe He ruins all their fun. God set laws in place to
protect humanity from disease like AIDS, yet God is mocked, His laws
broken, and the heathen rage on and on. “Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?” (Psalm 2:1).

Heathens are people who oppose God Almighty and they rage against Him
and against those who love and follow Him. These heathens are like
children who throw a fit if they don’t get their way, even if getting
their way means aligning themselves with Satan. It isn’t only
individuals who rage against God, but presidents, kings, and emperors
also rage against Him.

“The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his
anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their
cords from us” (Psalm 2:2-3).
They believe that if they can just
pass legislation to get rid of God they can do what they want with no
consequences. How wrong they are. Without God and His love holding all
things together, the heathen and ungodly nations would cease to be.
America, which was founded upon Judeo-Christian principles, has been
turning against God for a number of years and is soon to face God's
judgment.

Prayer was taken out of schools and then abortion, the
act of offering children to demonic gods who demand human sacrifice, was
legalized. The homosexual agenda is the final nail in America's coffin.
We cannot continue to rage against God and expect Him to turn a blind
eye to our sin. Christians either keep silent or they are ignorant of
God’s Word, and so the heathens rage unchecked. “He that sitteth
in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then
shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore
displeasure” (Psalm 2:4-5).

Raging against God is not wise. God
will soon pour out His wrath upon all nations and upon all people. It
will be a time such has never before been seen. Though it was written
long ago, the Psalm referenced above is relevant throughout generations.
When Peter and John had been arrested for healing and man and preaching
about Christ, they were subsequently released and admonished not to
preach about Him again. They went to their fellow Christians and they
all recognized the rage against Christ among the Jewish leaders.

“And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one
accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth,
and the sea, and all that in them is: Who by the mouth of thy servant
David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain
things? The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered
together against the Lord, and against his Christ” (Acts 4:24-26).

People have no reason to rage against God yet every generation and
every nation opposes Him. This rage is specifically against the God of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob...the one true God. How often do we hear rage
against the demon god of Islam? Who rages against the Buddhist god, or
the Hindu god, or the god of the New Age folks, or any other false god worshiped by rebellious people?

Only the one true God—God
Almighty as disclosed in the Holy Bible—draws the rage of the
heathens.With their rage they seal their fate, just as Pharaoh’s heart
was hardened and the first born in Egypt all died. That is, all except
those who obeyed God and placed the blood of a lamb on their doorposts.
God’s judgment is coming and one day God will turn loose His hold upon
creation. Who will these lost souls rage against then? Today the heathen
kings and rulers stand in opposition to the Lord and His Anointed. They
lead the heathen in rage against God the Father and God the Son. They
are leading their nations to destruction.

It is simply
astonishing to me that so many people have thoroughly hardened their
hearts against God. Not only do they refuse to see the truth but they
take great pleasure in denying it. It is comparable to a parent trying
to teach a rebellious child not to touch a hot stove and that child
defiantly placing his hands on the stove. Even though the pain is great
it is more important to prove the parent wrong.

The heathen
continually try to prove God wrong, but they are the ones who suffer.
The pain and agony of spending eternity in the lake of fire will be
sheer torture, but the separation from God will be unbearable. There
will be no socializing in hell, no chatting with friends, and no peace.
Satan, the liar who fell from grace long ago, is currently doing
everything he can to convince people that God does not exist and that
there is no right or wrong. Jesus was blunt when He confronted those who
spoke lies against Him: “Ye are of your father the devil, and
the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the
beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar and
the father of it” (John 8:44).

Many people follow Satan’s lies,
and that should break the heart of every Christian. Instead of sitting
back and watching this lost world march into hell, we need to share the
gospel with them. Like it or not, they need to hear God’s truth. God
will always allow the heathen an opportunity to change their mind and
repent.
“I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish” (Luke 13:3).

God is full of grace and He is long-suffering. He is not willing that
any should perish. Many will perish because of their hardened hearts and
their refusal to repent. Their own choice separates them eternally from
God, but that is not God's desire nor should Christians desire that
they perish. We need to speak boldly of Christ. We need to tell the
heathen of His love and be sure they understand what the consequences of
their choice to reject Him are.

They need to know that heaven is
real and so is hell. Eternity is a long time to spend knowing you made
the wrong choice. It is so simple to accept the death, burial, and
resurrection of Jesus Christ and live for Him on earth, but the heathen
choose death. There is nothing to gain from rage and rebellion to God.
Oh, how the heathen will regret the choice they’ve made for their eternal
existence.

There is a movement afoot to eliminate Christianity
from the entire world. The heathens will soon get their wish, but it
won’t be through their vile raging. One day very soon Jesus will call
those of us who follow Him Home. “After this I looked, and,
behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard
was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither,
and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter” (Revelation 4:1). Christians will soon hear our Lord call us to Him. Once we are gone in
the Rapture, the heathen will have their way and they will get the
leader they have been clamoring for. They don’t have any idea what
horrors that will bring.
“And the angel took the censer, and
filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there
were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake”
(Revelation 8:5).

Then things on earth will get worse. When the
man of sin steps into the role of world leader, he will seem like a
peace maker. It won’t be long until those non-believers who are left on
earth after the Rapture will understand that God Almighty, who they
raged against and rejected, loved them. God's love was available to
them, but they will have chosen to reject Him to follow Satan. After the Rapture when God’s wrath is poured out upon those who remain
on earth, there will be some people who may had been toying with the
idea of repenting of their sin and realize they should not have waited.
Anyone who accepts Christ after the Rapture will suffer much and it will
be a moment by moment choice to follow Him.

“And the third angel
followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the
same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out
without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be
tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels,
and in the presence of the Lamb” (Revelation 14:9-10).
If you
take the mark there will be no chance of salvation for you. If you
refuse the mark you will belong to Christ, but your earthly life will
not be safe.

“And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and
judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were
beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which
had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received
his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and
reigned with Christ a thousand years” (Revelation 20:4).

Do you
reject Christ today? Are you sitting on the fence trying to decide if it
is worth giving up your life of sin and rebellion to accept Christ?
Stop procrastinating. Any sin, doubt, or rage you hold on to is not
worth facing life in the Great Tribulation or spending eternity in the
Lake of Fire separated from God.
Forgiveness is available from
God today...right now. No sin you have ever committed is so great that
God will not forgive you. There is no hesitation or shortage ofgrace on
His part when human hearts are softened and people repent of their evil
ways. Our part is to come to Jesus with humility and loving submission,
and to receive the forgiveness He offers by faith.

Set aside your
rage toward God and ask for His forgiveness. Those who place their
trust in God’s Son, Jesus the Christ, for their salvation are blessed
for all eternity; those who continue to the end in their rebellious rage
are without excuse. Where do you stand? Why do the heathen rage? Maybe nobody has told them about Jesus and His love.

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Romans 8:38-39

"And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord."